As expected, Russia wins the game with a solo...slightly unexpectedly, he does it with a huge 22 supply centres, as Russian forces roll into supply centres across Europe

Congratulations to Nick for a very impressive win! And thanks to all players for taking part, particularly those who stuck it out to the end.

End of game statements are welcome. For those unfamiliar with these, this is where players analyse or describe the game from their perspective, covering (in as much detail as they wish) their thinking during the game, the moves they made etc etc. Post these to the dc183@diplomaticcorp.com address and copy them to all players please.

For the sake of completeness, i've retreated the Italian armies dislodged to their only valid retreats. The game end position is as follows: